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I/r-f HISTORY OF LOT " AND Ea OF LOT L GONG. L ARRAN TOWNSHIP Arran township was surveyed into blocks in ,, 1851. The first settlers arrived early in _ " 1852. l Mr. Charles Crowe and his sons . I: . " Wr"" _ from Dummer township, Peterborough County, 're - .' ., Pi'" _ ' I _ settled on lots 2, 3 and h, cone. I. The , . F" . 1 I lots had not all been surveyed when they [ L. _ came. Their first buildings were near the . em ' .. centre of' lot 3. In old crabapple tree, V JldEliii'L I still living, and an old filled-in well "iri'irt1fi5,'i7irirTr _ ( are near the site. The first land cleared - " fig ' "'-te 1 "ti:':') was on lot lr. It was the stoniest 5 acres r x Eiilit'Etr.1: ."- ' , " on the farm and was allowed to return to ', ' T l 'IE'mtFP, F ' ' "-1,, ' a 1 bush and is still in bush today. When the _ 3 l , LL11, f I V I ! 1 road was surveyed the family built a log 1 Ll F ' house and barn near the road. They were , ' I E F located just north of the present build- 1 . . l _ ings on lot lr. One of the sons built a _ I I l small frame house and the south half of the i ' present implement shed on lot 3. This was ,, -' _ the first frame house in the community. \. .. ". In; -" e. - _,s,s,,i,ii"il, l, _ _ Buildings on Ronald Wolfe's farm - ' -t il j January 1967 l , J: Barn built in 1904 and house 1912 P. '1' I,', The present owner has these papers. . g ', In September 1881+ he sold this lot " fl 'i, ' to Henry for (i3500.00 and he moved 'i ' > I , . . g to Nebraska, USA. y , l I II. _ _ 'iillMlil * ' "" l, b , The place was sold as two 50 acre 3 - - [,"i,G'r L" T " _ lots to David and iiary Henry in July l . _. N I ' I 1886 by William Hamilton, who p:ot it i, c: _ 'dll I from Henry Crows in November 1085 ~- Ia " Ll.. P h' , __ J but Henry got possession of it again _ _ 'W5MEi . u-' - F. M w _ in October 1887. The Crowes had not l .", C.9%l.ll " . r I Iglml I lived on the place for some years, 49.52;": 'v ' . . ' - - a I ' having let the land out for rent; 4:," . r . , WI . u.. ' the Grant brothers rented it for 5 L 1 1 years. A family by the name of et-------------,- vt- _------"--------------.------- ___ , Kc0onnel lived on it during this Barn and Implement Shed, - still standing, (1967) time. The Henrys came and lived on L to R: Kr, Kirkland, Florence, Joe, Mrs. Kirkland it just before the Kirklands bought and Agnes it. Francis Crowe, presumed to be a son of Elizabeth A. Thomson of Toronto came into gharles Crowe, took out the Crown Deed for possession of the farm from the Crowes in 2.2- of lot 3, Kay 12, 1861, costing '4100.00. March 1892 and sold it to Robert Kirkland He 59" it to Henry CTOWG April 10, 1877, for $2400.00 who now owned the 150 acres. for #5225030. He and his wife Elizabeth had four children: £55 _ Joseph, Jennie (Hrs. Robt. icicKe1vie), Agnes hr. Robert Kirkland from Lakefield, Peter... and Florence. They lived in the house on borough County, bought the 50 acres kay 16, lot 3 until 1913. l880, from Henry Crowe. He built the barn on It in l882 and put the stone foundation Joseph built the present barn on lot 1. in under the barn ln 1902. The rest of the 1904. The house was torn down and the present implement shed was built for a floor boards were used to make doors for stable about 1891... and the whole building _ the barn. The new house of cement block was used as a horse and cow stable. was built in 1912. The kitchen part was added in 1927 and the verandahs were put on Francis Crowe bought lot A and took out the it in 1928. The garage was built in 1922. Crown Deed April l3, 1866, for $500.00. Both of these Deeds were labelled, "School Joe Kirkland and his two sisters, Agnes and Sale Grants" instead of' Crown Deed Grants. Florence, lived on the farm until his death [--4